tips of sterillization

,CONTENTS
STERILISATION
• DEFINITION
INFECTION CONTROL
• TERMS USED IN STERILISATION
• DEFINITION
• PRINCIPLES • CROSS INFECTION
• HEAT • ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION
AUTOCLAVE • INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONCERNS
HOT AIR OVEN • PRINCIPLES
GLASS BEAD STERILISED • WASTE DISPOSAL IN HEALTH CARE SETTING
DISINFECTION

METHODS OF DISINFECTION

OPERATING ROOMS PROCEDURES

HAND SCRUB TECHNIQUES

,STERILISATION

STERILISATION CAN BE DEFINED AS THE USE OF A PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCEDURE TO DESTROY ALL
FORMS OF MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING BACTERIA, SPORES, FUNGI, AND VIRUSES.
• THE TERM STERILISATION CAN ONLY BE APPLIED TO INSTRUMENTS, AND NOT TO SKIN, WHERE ONLY
ANTISEPSIS CAN BE ACHIEVED.

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